tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post6504644712084402505..comments2023-11-07T06:51:41.301-06:00Comments on The Beginning Farmer: Old Iron: Antique Tractor Prices on the RiseEthan Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-38510188422405252582008-04-12T21:38:00.000-05:002008-04-12T21:38:00.000-05:00Rich - I hear you about tractors and equipment goi...Rich - I hear you about tractors and equipment going to the scrap yard. The prices are really getting up there for scrap and it is really starting to fuel a rush to clean up the back barn on farms around the country.<BR/><BR/>I do appreciate people who are willing to work on and restore old tractors. It is a special passion for a few in my family and I hope to pick up on it over time.<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear you father has an H. That is a neat little tractor (my cousin has one also).Ethan Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-21046608208139054802008-04-12T09:03:00.000-05:002008-04-12T09:03:00.000-05:00Older and/or antique tractors will only continue t...Older and/or antique tractors will only continue to get harder to find and more expensive to buy due to a lower supply of available tractors.<BR/><BR/>Many old tractors and implements are going to the scrapyard, regardless of their practical value, sentimental value, collectible value, or historic value. <BR/><BR/>The price being paid for scrap iron and steel has gotten significantly higher recently. A ton is worth about $250, which doesn't sound like much, but that old eyesore of a tractor that has been sitting in a fencerow out on someone's property might weigh 3000 lbs., so it could be worth almost $400 at the scrapyard.<BR/><BR/>The same thing happened during the scrap metal drives of WWII, when historic agricultural equipment was scrapped to build tanks and fight the war. Of course, we needed that metal to fight the war, now we ship the scrap out of the country to steelmills around the world.<BR/><BR/>By the way, my father owns a Farmall H (an older and smaller version of a 450), and it is a pretty reliable, easy to work on tractor.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.com